In a sinister move (pun intended) by Apple’s Core of Engineers (another pun intended), it would appear that the new Apple iPhone poses a small problem to those that insist on using their left hand on a daily basis: bad reception.

Many media outlets are reporting that the iPhone’s new antenna design is flawed because if the user holds the phone in his/her left hand, the wireless 3G signal strength decreases dramatically.

So what’s a leftie to do?  Well, according to Steve Jobs in one of his candid “I’ll say what I want because you’ll still by my stuff anyway” email replies, said (and I quote):

“Avoid holding it this way”

Nice.